A tentative recommendation for A Child is Born. We're huge Margaret Wise Brown fans - most widely known as the author of Goodnight Moon, but most famous in our house as the author of the deeply odd yet delightful
Little Fur Family (decidedly not a book for everyone, the first few times we read it my husband and I were baffled, but it slowly became one of our absolute favorite books of all time and the song at the end has become a frequent lullaby in our home). However, while her very brief Christmas poem is lovely and lyrical it isn't that appealing to children. My 4 year old pronounced this book "too short" and didn't really follow the poem aside from what he already knows of the Christmas story. However, the black nativity scene inside is beautifully painted and wonderfully representative, and I'm glad we have it our home.
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